Professional photography for internet dating

“But if you post a photo of you with an attractive buddy, it can make you look worse.” You also need to be wary when it comes to the company you keep.

But many online daters, like a pantomime villain, forget to look behind them.

An untidy home or something much worse could be a deal breaker, says Jeffrey Hancock, a professor in the communication and information science departments at Cornell University.

“It’s really easy to embellish a photograph even without Photoshop,” Toma says.

Women are likely to use more makeup than usual — or use a photo where they’ve been professionally made up, for an event like a wedding.

They should have their own dating site, and frolicking with your pet may give people the impression that you only have eyes for each other.

“Female photographs were judged as less accurate than male photographs, and were more likely to be older, to be retouched or taken by a professional photographer, and to contain inconsistencies, including changes in hair style and skin quality,” the research found.

Read: 10 things dating sites won’t tell you The surge in photo-centric, location-based dating apps proves one thing: People are more interested in your pictures than a lengthy essay about your hopes and dreams.

While online daters think their photos are relatively accurate, independent judges rated one third of online dating photos as inaccurate, according to research carried out by Catalina Toma, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.